Sandbox0 vs Zipbox

Sandbox0 bills memory only, at $0.015 per GiB-hour. Zipbox costs $0.00685 per vCPU-hour. Sandbox0 runs gVisor and has no session limit. Zipbox runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

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Sandbox0

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
$5 credit, one time
Max session
No limit

Zipbox

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Max session
No limit

What is different

10 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.

Sandbox0
Zipbox
vCPU, per hour
Sandbox0: Included
Zipbox: $0.00685
RAM, per GiB-hour
Sandbox0: $0.015
Zipbox: Included
Storage
Sandbox0: $0.02 per GiB-month for retained RootFS changes and memory checkpoints. Shared base images are free
Zipbox: Free
Free tier
Sandbox0: $5 credit, one time
Zipbox: $25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Billing
Sandbox0: Memory only
Zipbox: Bundled machine time
Isolation
Sandbox0: gVisor
Zipbox: Firecracker microVM
Snapshots
Sandbox0:
Zipbox: No
Pause and resume
Sandbox0:
Zipbox: No
SDKs
Sandbox0: Go, Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Zipbox: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations
Sandbox0: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK
Zipbox: MCP, Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Sandbox0: Included
Zipbox: $0.00685
RAM, per GiB-hour
Sandbox0: $0.015
Zipbox: Included
Storage
Sandbox0: $0.02 per GiB-month for retained RootFS changes and memory checkpoints. Shared base images are free
Zipbox: Free
Free tier
Sandbox0: $5 credit, one time
Zipbox: $25 credit after a one-time $5 top-up
Paid plan from
Sandbox0: Pay as you go
Zipbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Sandbox0: Memory only
Zipbox: Bundled machine time

Limits

Max session
Sandbox0: No limit
Zipbox: No limit
Idle stop
Sandbox0: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Sandbox0: Not listed
Zipbox: 6 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Sandbox0: Up to 20
Zipbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Sandbox0: gVisor
Zipbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU
Sandbox0: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Sandbox0:
Zipbox: No
Pause and resume
Sandbox0:
Zipbox: No

Developer

SDKs
Sandbox0: Go, Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Zipbox: TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust
Integrations
Sandbox0: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK
Zipbox: MCP, Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain

Trust

License
Sandbox0: Not listed
Zipbox: Not listed
BYOC
Sandbox0: No
Zipbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Sandbox0
Zipbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Sandbox0: $0.030
Zipbox: $0.007
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Sandbox0: $0.060
Zipbox: $0.014
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Sandbox0: $0.120
Zipbox: $0.027

Compute only, at list rates.

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Sandbox0 fits when

  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.
  • You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

Zipbox fits when

  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use MCP, Claude Code, the Claude Agent SDK or the Vercel AI SDK.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.014 against $0.060 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You want the larger free credit: $25 against $5.

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